Some of my family is from the high peaks region, so we went up there every summer. There is no comparison. When I worked at a remote camp out at Crosswinds lake here in AK the mosquitos would keep you up at night, you could hear them outside of the tent. Not to mention the white socks which are like blackflies on steroids.

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[TravC]: an educated coyote is like a fat girl on the diet....she dont slip up with a cheeseburger but sooner or later she goes for the bigmack

Don't even hold a candle is right...where I live... good lord! Seriously, our school mascot is the no-see-um... you can't even breathe without inhaling 20 or so... it really puts a damper on Sept moose hunting and berry picking, and fishing, come to think of it... doing anything outside.

Lived in Iowa for years, mosquitos were bad but really were not that big of a deal BUT I fished southern Minn. for catfish and they were TERRIBLE. One product helped more then anything else I used and it was called Armour. Always picked it up at Shorty's bait shop in Kellogg Minn.

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Hunt with your Kids, not for them. >>>----->

White sox are a nasty bug during moose season, but in the summer, the horse flies are unbearable during the heat of the day. They take chunks out of you and there is no bug dope on earth that deters them from doing it.

I got infected by a white sock bite in the early 80's while on my boat in Halibut cove. I was actually stuck in the lagoon with low tide and had to wait like 8 hours. The red lines started up my arms. The kind when your a kid you hear stories of when the line reaches your heart your toast. Made it in time. ;0)

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Passion- There are some people who live in a dream world, and their are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Wow, Tradbow, was it toxicity poisoning?? I know that stuff is really nasty. It will melt helly hansons or anything plastic/rubber. If you wear glasses with high index plastic lenses, DO NOT GET DEET ON THEM!!!!